Like Eliud Kipchoge says, "What I do in training, is what I do in the race." Fueling your BMW BERLIN-MARATHON all the way to the Brandenburg Gate starts now — with the varied tempos and intensities of your training. That's where races are won. From fartlek to long runs, fuel each session properly and help your body adapt faster to the process of becoming a marathon runner. Get used to it and execute the race. No surprises.

Order your Maurten fuel using the same email address that you registered with for the marathon and a 20% discount will automatically be applied at the checkout.

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Maurten on track

As Official Hydrogel Sports Fuel Partner to the 50th BMW BERLIN-MARATHON, Maurten will be there with you, on-course. Hydrogel Fuel Depots — with Gel 100 and Drink Mix 160 — will be served at the following points:

Drink Mix: km 9, 15, 20, 25, 30, 36

Gel 100: km 27.5

Get used to the on-course fuel.

On-course

Sports drink bottle 500ml with mixing instructions for Maurten Drink Mix. Fits standard bottle cages for bikes.

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The following Fuel Guides outline fueling strategies for common running training sessions and race plans. A fuel guide is highly personal. Use this information as reference only to fuel your training and racing better.

Sports fuel is supported by science and works alongside real food — not as a replacement. Some Fuel Guides — longer or more intense — rely heavily on the specific composition of sports nutrition. Others less so.

How to fuel

Pre-exercise
1-4 hours before

1 x Solid 160 or
1 x Solid C 160

Warm-up
10-30min

1 x Gel 100 Caf 100 or
1 x Gel 160 or
1 x Gel 100

Main set
30-60min

Nothing

Cool down
10-30 min

Nothing

Pre-exercise
1-4 hours before

1 x Solid 160 or
1 x Solid C 160

Warm-up
10-30min

1 x Gel 100 Caf 100 or
1 x Gel 160 or
1 x Gel 100

Main set
20-50min

Nothing

Cool down
10-30 min

Nothing

Preloading
The day before

Nothing

Pre-race
1-4 hours before

1 x Drink Mix 160 or
1 x Solid C 160

During warm-up
15-45 min before

1 x Gel 100 Caf 100 or
1 x Gel 100 or
1 x Gel 160

Maurten recommends:

Race: Either Gel 100 at 6k and 12k or 1 x Gel 160​

What’s the difference between Maurten Gel 100 and Gel 160?

During the race

2 x Gel 100 or
1 x Gel 160

Preloading
The day before

1 x Drink Mix 320 or
1 x Solid 160

Pre-race
1–4 hours before

1 x Drink Mix 160 or
1 x Solid 160

During warm-up
15 min before

1 x Gel 100 Caf 100 or
1 x Gel 160 or
1 x Gel 100

During the race
Six Gels, one every 6k

Different options.

6 x Gel 100 or
2 x Gel 100 Caf 100 and 4 x Gel 100 or
4 x Gel 160

Patented Hydrogel Technology is the innovation that fuels the fastest — delivering world records, gold medals, and world champions. So you’re in good company. It enables high concentrations of carbohydrates to be more tolerable to athletes during high intensity training and racing.

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